This is a Soviet greeting card, I suppose, measuring about 6-7/8 inches by 3-3/4 inches. I assume that, since Christmas was illegal, one needed a festive occasion on which to send such a card — and what better occasion than the anniversary (which just happens to be today) of the Octyabrskaya Revolyutsiya! (For you bourgeoisie [...]
This is an unused, pristine linen postcard with absolutely no indication of who published it, or when. Best guess: circa 1945.
Here’s another card for our friend Bert Dresser. While it’s unsigned by the sender and the postmark is illegible, it is hand-dated January 1, 1915. There’s also a very small copyright on the front of the card with the notation “© S. Bergman N.Y. 1912″.
If this were sent today, it would seem to me to be something in the form of a condolence card, but I don’t think that was the case then; it appears to be just a simple “hello”. There isn’t a lot of ink on the postmark, but after some computer enhancement, I believe that the [...]
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